Will the next generation of preferential trade and investment agreements undermine prevention of noncommunicable diseases? A prospective policy analysis of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 88-96

  Thow, Anne Marie ^a   Snowdon, Wendy ^b   Labonté, Ronald ^c   Gleeson, Deborah ^d   Stuckler, David ^e   Hattersley, Libby ^f   Schram, Ashley ^c   Kay, Adrian ^f   Friel, Sharon ^f  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nutrition; Policy analysis; Policy space; Trade

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CONSUMER; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; NUTRITION POLICY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COMMERCE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NUTRITION POLICY; POLICY MAKING; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84920720677     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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